126 Mr. J. H. Gurney 



19. Oriolus galbula^ Linn. Golden Oriole. 



20. Oriolus notatus, Peters. Peters's Oriole. 



The collection contains two specimens of this Oriole^ ap- 

 parently both males, but one adult and one immature. The 

 adult agrees with the description and with the figure of the 

 tail given by Mr. Sharpe in the British-Museum Catalogue, 

 vol. iii. p. 196; but the younger male differs from the adult 

 in the following particulars, viz. : — The golden colour of all 

 the upper parts is much tinged with olive-green, that tint 

 being strongest on the scapular and interscapular feathers ; 

 the yellow margins to the wing-coverts, secondaries, and 

 tertials are also more or less tinged with green, and are rather 

 narrower than in the adult male ; the central pair of rec- 

 trices are dark olive-green, tinged with yellow and black, the 

 former predominating increasingly towards the base of the fea- 

 ther, and the latter towards its tip, the extreme tip showing, 

 however, a minute yellow edge ; the second pair (next to the 

 central) have a bright yellow tip extending '3 of an inch up 

 the feather, above this the feather is black on both webs for 

 '7, and also on the entire remainder of the outer web ; the 

 rest of the inner web is greenish yellow, the yellow predo- 

 minating along the edge and towards the base ; the third 

 pair of rectrices resembles the second, except that the yellow 

 tip extends "7 into the feather; in the fourth pair the yellow 

 tip extends an inch into the feather, and the yellow of the 

 inner web is broader and clearer than in the second and third 

 pairs ; in the fifth and sixth pair of rectrices the outer web 

 is black to within about '2 of the tip, and the remainder of 

 the feather is a clear yellow. 



21. Lanius caudatus, Cab. East- African Long-tailed 

 Shrike. 



22. Meristes olivaceus (Vieill). Blanchot's Shrike. 

 This Shrike appears to vary slightly according to the part 



